To help celebrate the international release of superstar violinist Joshua Bell’s new album Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, The Violin Channel in conjunction with Sony Classical, is this week giving away 5 fresh-off-the-press personally-autographed CD copies.

Lead and performed by Joshua with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the disc features Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy – and Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor.

“This is the way I like to make music these days … where I am conducting and playing …” Joshua has told The Violin Channel.

“It’s like chamber music, and I think it affects the sound of the concerto … it’s more visceral … ” he has said.

“My father’s family were from Scotland, and I grew up hearing stories about how my great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather fought in the Black Watch in Scotland … my dad was proud of his Scottish heritage, and this connection makes the melodies in Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy even more meaningful to me.”

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SAANEN, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Saanen, Switzerland this week for a recital with VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi and pianist Akane Matsumara | Program including Saint-Saens ‘Havanaise’, Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Sonata, Dvorak ‘Romance’ and Wieniawski ‘Scherzo Tarantelle

SAANEN, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Saanen, Switzerland this week for a recital with VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi and pianist Akane Matsumara | Program including Saint-Saens ‘Havanaise’, Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Sonata, Dvorak ‘Romance’ and Wieniawski ‘Scherzo Tarantelle

SAANEN, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Saanen, Switzerland this week for a recital with VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi and pianist Akane Matsumara | Program including Saint-Saens ‘Havanaise’, Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Sonata, Dvorak ‘Romance’ and Wieniawski ‘Scherzo Tarantelle

SAANEN, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Saanen, Switzerland this week for a recital with VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi and pianist Akane Matsumara | Program including Saint-Saens ‘Havanaise’, Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Sonata, Dvorak ‘Romance’ and Wieniawski ‘Scherzo Tarantelle

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